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Saturday Links - Reduced Star Wars

Featuring a creepy Yoda ventriloquist puppet.

"Okay boys, there's only one puck for all of you to share."
"Okay boys, there's only one puck for all of you to share."
Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

BLUES NEWS:

  • Watch an "In Their Shoes" Blues video with your captain David Backes. [Blues]
  • Tonights game is first of three heritage nights, this one honouring the 20 Blues captains. [Blues]
  • The Blues haven't been playing their best and now must play the first place Dallas Stars. [Lou Korac/In The SLot]

KNOW YOUR ENEMY--THE DALLAS STARS:

  • The Stars are in first place. Here's where to find info on them:  [Defending Big D]

HOCKEY NEWS:

  • Seven games last night, all were non-tied outcomes. [NHL.com 12/11/15]
  • Ten games tonight, one being played at Scottrade Center at 7pm. [NHL.com 12/12/15]
  • Devils forward Jordin Tootoo received a very strange "too much man" penalty. [CBS Eye on Hockey]
  • What would you put inside a Martin Brodeur statue? [Puck Daddy]
  • Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen scored three goals in the third period against the Calgary Flames. [CBS Eye on Hockey]
  • Oskari Setanen, goalie for TPS in Finland's SM-Liiga, made a save off his helmet. Play continued and he made a few more saves before a stoppage to reveal his bleeding head wound! He said later he was disappointed it wasn't his face. [Puck Daddy]
  • Sharks forward Logan Couture will be out for an unspecified amount of time after having surgery to repair a small arterial bleed in his thigh. [Puck Daddy]
  • Canucks defenseman Dan Hamhuis is out at least two months after taking a snapshot to the face from Rangers Dan Boyle. [CBS Eye on Hockey]
  • The NWHL has its first suspension with Connecticut Whale defenseman Molly Engstrom getting a one-game suspension for sucker-punching Buffalo Beauts forward Meghan Duggan. [CBS Eye on Hockey]

OTHER STUFF:

  • Cemeteries in Moscow, Russia are getting wi-fi…they're hoping it'll get people to learn more about the historical people buried in the cemeteries. [Mental Floss]
  • I highly recommend this Nerdist podcast with Fred Savage. [Nerdist]

VIDEO:

I bring you Star Wars shortened!! Part one (the prequels):

Part two:

Donut King has your links tomorrow, provided Ken Hitchcock hasn't physically removed his heart by then.